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35th Congress, ? HOUSE OF EEPRESENTATIVES ( Report 
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DR. WILLIAM RICKMAN— HEIRS OF. 



April 17, 1858. 

Mr. Curry, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made the 

following 

REPORT. 

The Committee on RevoluHonary Claims, to ivhom was referred the m- 
pZ%tor7: "^ ^'- ^^VZ^a^ i?^c^^ma., asking for com.lutatTon 

That in relation to the claim, it appears from a letter from the 
Treasury Department that Dr. Rickman was not returned as^ein ' 
entitled to compensation, and that, on the 20th of Octoher & 

auesf be' rJrf'''^^ ""'' ^^^'"^^^' ^^ I---ance of hfst^.er^'e: 
quest be left out m the new arrangement of the hospital department 

of Dr RtknfP^'T'.?'"*/ ^" ?^^^' application was made hy\e ^oido^o 
ot Dr. Rickman to the legislature of Virginia for denreciation nav 
and bounty land, and the report to the house of 5 ele^X Assumed 

^Dr Rid^t'^^'f T>T^;- ^^"^ -i^temporaneoufconstrSon 
ot Dv. Rickman s act and intention, sustained by the letter from the 

Sr Pio^J?'^'''^'"'^ ^-^"^^'i^^ ''"^"^^''^ '"'^'^ conclusion tha? 
Dr. Rickman resigned his position in the army ; and his representa- 
tives are therefore, not entitled to commutation pay ^^P^^senta 
Iwo adverse reports have been previously made on this application 
tuLn: ''°'^'"'' recommend the adoption of the folloZr^^^^^^ 

Resolved, That the prayer of the petition of the heirs of Dr Wil- 
liam Rickman be rejected. ^^" 






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